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SPIDEll-MONKEYS. 



SPIDER-MONKEYS. 

 Among the most curious of the monkey tribe are the 

 ateles, or spider-monkeys, — called also Cebidie, and, by the 

 natives sapajous, one of the species of the coaita, or quata. 

 As they are seen gambolling among the trees, with their long 

 limbs, and still longer tails, ever actively employed, their 



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resemblance to huge spiders is remarkable. Not that the 

 creature is always in a state of activity, for it will often sit 

 swinging slowly backwards and forwards, or place itself in 

 the oddest of attitudes without moving a limb, as if resting 

 after its exertions, or, in a contemplative mood, watching the 



